SUNDAY TENNIS.
CHRISTCHURCH DEBATE. Christchurch, Yesterday. The suggestion that Sunday tennis should be permitted on the Canterbury Association’s grounds (•Wilding Park), was strenuously debated at the meeting of delegates to the association last night. Mr. F. J. Murray, who sponsored the proposal, said that the time had come for the association to follow in the footsteps of the clubs. Almost all the city clubs had adopted Sunday tennis, and he did not think they would go back. A letter was read from Mi’. J. 11. Kirk, president of the Canter-
A letter was read from Mr. J. 11. Kirk, president of the Canterbury and New Zealand Association, expressing the opinion that until .public feelings was more unanimout on the question, the association should not open the park on Sunday. He suggested that the question be deferred for one year. Mi’. William Goss, who opposed the proposal, said that we as a nation were losing rapidly owing to our regarding Sunday in the same as any other day. The sanctity of the Sabbath should be observed. After long discussion an amendment that the question be deferred for a year -was earned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3712, 3 November 1927, Page 3
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190SUNDAY TENNIS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3712, 3 November 1927, Page 3
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